Plaster-board-supporting metal clip.



M. H. JESTER. PLASTER BOARD SUPPORTING METALCLIP.

Patented Feb. 27,1917.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR.I61|915.'

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' Clip, of which the following is a specificain which UNITED STATES PATENT tam.

v MARVIN H. JESTlER, 0F DENVER,COLORADO.

PLASTER-BOARD-SUIEPORTING METAL CLIP.

T0 allwhom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, MARVIN H. JnsTER, ac'itizen of the United States of America, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Plaster-Board-Supporting Metal tion.

{My invention relates to an improvedplaster board supporting metal clip that is adapted for use with metal studding in the construction of partitions in buildings, with plastering mortars, stuccos, and other ce ment materials; and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a metal rust-proof clip that is both a right hand anda left hand clip and that can be placed instantly on a meta' l stud by a workman and moved quickly up and down thereon to the place desired to connect to the end or side edges of plaster boards. And i Second, to provide asimple, strong and -inexpensive channel stud. and plaster board securing clip that can be stamped out accurately in large numbers by dies and be shipped to all cities and townsyand that will fit commercially made sizes of channel bar studding and plaster boards and be erected by common carpenters or unskilled labor. I

I attain these objects by the mechanism i'llustratedin the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved clip.f

Fig. 2, is a plan view showing an end or plan view of a channel bar and also the ends of two plaster boards in the channeled por- -tion of the clip.

Fig.3, is a side elevatlon of a channel b'ar showing two of my improved-clips placed back to back around and on the channel bar and securing theupper edge of one plaster board-and thelowerfedge of the'otherto the channel bar.

Fig. 4, 1s a vertlcal view of a channel and of my clips mounted thereon securing plaster board to one side of it... a

Fig. 5, is a perspective. view of a slight modification of the preferred construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 6, is a perspective-view of Fig. 5,

showing the clip illustrated in Fig. 5 with a channeled portion on opposite sides of its body portion instead of only on one side" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27

Application filed March 16, 1915. Serial No. 14,778.

of it, \vliicli'construction would enable plaster boards to be laid up against and be secured to both sides of the channel ba'r studs instead of on only one. side, as shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7. illustrates the plaster boards laid up and secured to the channel bars with their long sides in horizontal rows and secured to break joints And Fig. 8, illustrates the plaster boards laid upand secured to the channel bars with their long sides extending vertically and with all boards meeting edge to edge on the channel bar. v I

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings,

The ,numeral 1 designates metal studding,

vwhich in plaster board partition work is placed from about eighteen inches to three' feet apart along the line of a partition. 1-

preferably use the common sizes of commercially manufactured and used channel bar.

which is cutaway at one end 'to form an open space 4, in such a manner as to leave anouter side wall'orhousing 5, which has a turned-in edge 6 that acts to stiffen or truss the outer sidewall,.which when the clip is placed on the metal-studding which may be of'any form, of cross section but which I preferably make of structural channel bar iron, extendsaround one of its ends.

4 There is also a stop lug portion 7 left on" the body portion that holds the clip on thechannel bar after it is placed in its proper plaster board receiving position on the channel bar.

This body portion 3 is made enough Wider than the size of channel bar used, which is three-fourths of an inch for plastered partitions two inches thick, and one inch for plastered partitions that are two and one- 3 half inches wide, to enable this side wall and aalso another side wall 8, to be turned at right angles from it on its opposite edges.

- member 8.

channel shaped member, and it is formed These. side wall portions 5 and 8 extend at right angles to the flat body of the clip for a distance of preferablyabout one-half of an inch, which represent housing members that extend around the opposite edges of the channel bar studs. The channel bar studs are secured in vertical positions to the floor and ceiling ofa room and support sheets of plaster boards which are secured to them by my herein-described metal clip, and when done this-skeleton partition construction is used to form a supporting core for the plastering mortars and their finishshaped portion of the clip that forms a side extension of the body of the clip, and that consists'of this side wall 8, an end portion 9 that is bent at right angles to the side Wall 8, and an-outside wall member 10, that is bent at right angles to the end portion 9, which is substantially parallel to the wall These three members form a flush with one end of the body portion 3, but extends a short distance beyond the ends of the stop lug 7, and of the housing side wall 5. This outside channel bar housing member 5 extends from the outside side edge of the body portion 3,to preferably even with the outer end of the stop lug portion 7 and.

it 'is slightly springy 0r resilient under the diagonal 'corner contact and pressure of the clip on it when the clipis forced on it, and the size of the opening between its inner edges 11 and 12 is preferabl made to permit the clip to bind slight y against the ,corners 13 and 14' of the channel bar, when the clip is placed on-it, which necessitates the operator exerting a little pushing and side pressure force on the clip when placing it on the channel bar.

The clip preferably binds only when engaging these opposite corners of the channel projecting edge ll and. of the inner edge ofbar, andthe terminal ends of the inwardly the stop lug 7 are especially beveled to permit the clip to be placed partially around the channel bar before it engages its diagonally opposite corner edges, as shown in Fig; 2.

The channeled member of the clip is made wide enough between its side walls 8 and 10 to receive loosely the ends of two abutting sheets of plaster boards, when three-quar- I ter inch. channel bars are used for studding. The plaster boards generally used are inch thick, and when'l and 1% inch channel bar studs are used, plaster boards varying from to a half inch in thickness are used. The clips are consequently made for the size ofchannel bar studs and plaster boards that are to be used in the,partition. For partitions that are made of plaster blocks of about one or two inches in thickness, larger channel bar studs are used as such blocks, or used for wall construction, and will support concrete on both sides of it, and can be used for the outside walls of buildings.

When the clips are placed on the channel bars, they fit and bear close against the'flat solid side 17 of its recess and also close against the outer and inner edges of the recess and against the edge 15 of the stop lug 7, which acts to lock the clip to the channel so that it can not come off and especially 'is this the case after the plaster boards arethe center of the vertical edge of the channel bar on each alternate pair of plaster boards, 'while the next row of plaster boards is placed with their centers in the channel and thus alternately break joints with those that meet at their ends in the channels of' the v clips, as shown in Fig. 7.

ing position, they are locked by the shoulder 15 of the stop lug against accidental lateral or longitudinal displacement, as it is only when they are moved into an angular position relativeto the sides and edges of the channel bars that they can be either placed on them or removed from them, and it is impossible to so twist tl m into that position when the plaster boards are in their channeled portions.

The operation of constructing a metal channel, bar stud plaster board partition with my improved metal clip is as follows: i The operator as he sets up each channel bar stud places a clip over its terminal end, with the channel groove open upward, and

nails it to thefloor. He then places one over 1 the upper terminal end with its channel groove open downward, and nails it to the ceiling, the studs being cut to extend from floor to ceiling and having'secured the channel bar studs at any predetermined distance apart along the line of the partition, and placing them so he can break joints by placing them' so' that each alternate horizontal line of plaster board will extend to the centers of each alternately positioned channel bar stud, that -i's,"'i'fi" 'ca'se' t'liebo'ards are laid lengthwise as shown in Fig. 7, but if they are laid vertically as shown in Fig. 8 they do not need a central supporting stud, unlesstheboards are of very large size.

The operator places the opposite edges of Having laid the bottom course of plaster boards he places a clip on each stud over the one on the floor, with its channel opening downward, and slides it down over the abutting ends of the floor course of plaster boards, which secures the top ends of this floor course of plaster-boards to the studs. f

. The operator also places a clip on the intermediate studs in the same manner, and

then he has the floor row of plaster boards secured to the studs at their opposite ends and also at the centers of their lengths.

The operator then places a clip on each stud and with its channel open upward and slides it down against the top clips of the floor course so that they rest directly on top of them, as shown in Figs. 7 and S, and those clips thatare on the studs that are intermediate of the ones where the ends of 'boards come together receive the ends of this second horizontal course, of boards, thus causing thissecond course to break joints with the lower course, and in this alternate break joint orderhe builds the boards up to the ceiling, as shown in Fig 7.

This plaster board metal channel bar stud metal clip skeleton partition is now ready to receive on its opposite sides plastering mortars and their finishing coats, and when done ifa g inch channel bar stud has been used, the plastered partition will be about two inches thick and will be fire-proof, verminproof, and more sound-proof than a wooden stud partition.

I preferably use plaster boards measuring 16 inches wide by 30 inches long for general partition work, and my clips are arranged and adapted to rest back to back or with their paster board receiving channel openings facing either up or down as required to secure meeting end and side edges of the boards. Each clip is consequently both a right and a left handed clip.

' My present clip enables a workman to put up these plaster boardpartitionswithout the use of nails or Wedges, and while standing and working on either one side or the other as he may elect without changing from one side to the other, with-great rapidity, as the clipcan be placed on they studs while standing and working on either side.

My improved fire-proof partition costs less than woodfiiidftadrhp only from abouta third to a half of the thickness in'space. that a wooden stud partitiondoes, and is stiffer and stronger to sidestrains and pressure and to vertical compressions, and being made of galvanized iron it will not rust and corrode.

My present invention contains the channel member portion of my pending application Serial No. 872,573, filed November 17 1914,

for clipsfor securing plaster boards to metal 'studding in hollow partition construction.

In all otherparticulars of construction however, it is entirely different.

. InFigs. 5 and 6 I illustrate a modification of the clip shown in Figs. 1 and In these modifications the stop lug 7 and the project ing reinforcing lip G, are not used and the channel-bar occupying space is free and clear from the edge, 7 throughout the length of the'ivall members 5 and S, and the space between these members is preferably made so that these Walls spring over the edges of the channel bar with enough pressure to allow the clips to cling where placed on the channel bar, but still free enough'to allow the clipsto bepushed up or doWn' on them.

In'Fig. 6 a channeled portion is formed on opposite sides of the body portion 3, of the clip, which allows plaster boards to be placed on and be secured to the opposite sides of the channel bars, thus forming a hollow wall construction somewhat like my above mentioned pending application.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is: p

1. A clip comprising a metal plate member provided with an open ended body portion arranged to surroundv a metal stud and provided with a channel groove extension portion on one side of its body portion and parwith a channel groove parallel to said side and adapted to receive the edges of plaster boards and secure them to one side of said stud.

3. A stud wall or partition construction clip comprising athinmetal plate having a central portion apertured to be placed partially around and locked to said metal stud against lateral or longitudinal movements,

' channel of said channel member lying paral- -lel, to said side.

-5; In a device of the character described, a-"clip. comprising a body portion having a stud inclosing slot in one end thereof, and

an integral portion extending from said bodyportion and bent 'to form a vertically disposed channel member on one side of said studinclosing slot for the reception of the edge portions of plaster boards, and, a stop lug on said body portion arranged to lock said clip to said stud against lateral and longitudinal displacement movements of saidf clip when properly placed on said stud.

6. "I-n partition construction, the combination with a partition stud and plaster boards, of a clip havinga fiat body member provided with a recess in one end and adap'tedto be pressed in a diagonal direction overthe diagonally oppositeedges of the studigand tobe thusjtu'rned square against one "side and the opposite ends of said stud, a stop lug 'on one" side of said body adapted toprevent accidental'gdisplace mentof the clip from said stud, a reinforced housing flange on the opposite side of said body; portion adapted to "extend v past one end of said stud, and a channeled extension member-on the side ofsaidg. body portion {from said housing flange adaptedto receive ds and ledges of-plastler rds.

n partition construction, the combi-v n with astud, of a galvanized iron clip ecuring plaster boards thereto, comprisa body portion having a recess in one I on one side of the body portion having a reinfor'ced edge engaging a corner of said stud,

the; opposite side of said body portion engaging another edge of said stud, said resilient wall portion being arranged to admit said-di to pass around said stud, a stop member on said body portion having a 11, Aclip for securing plaster-boards .to

,common with said central portion.

,Intestimo'ny whereof I. affix my signature 1 beveled edge to permit said clip to be pressed around said stud, a shouldered member lockingsaid clip when applied against accidental lateral and longitudinal movements,

and a channel shaped portion on the side of said body portion bearing said stop member fitting loosely over the end and side edges of said plaster boards.

8. A clip comprising a rust proof metallic plate provided with a body portion having an open end portion recessed to fit around ametal stud and having each of its opposite sides provided with a channel groove parallel to the side and adapted to receive the .edge portions of plaster boards and secure them to the opposite sides ofsaid stud.

9.A clip for securing plaster-boards to studding, comprising a body -portion n shaped in cross-section and having its base open at one end to receive a stud, means for preventing displacement of the clip on the stud, and a plasterboard-receiving member U'sliaped in cross-section and having one side in common With said body-portion.

10. A clip for securing laster-boards to studding, comprising a Ody-portion fl shaped in cross-section and having its base open at one end to receive a stud, an in- Wardly-projecting lug on the body-portion ,for preventing displacement of the clip on said stud when applied but permitting ready attachment and disconnection of the clip during assembling and dismantling, and a plaster-board-receiving member U-shaped in-cross-sec'tion and having one side in common with said body-portion.

studding,? comprlslng a central portion a shaped inJcross-sectionand open at one end ,to receive a stud, and plaster-board-receiving'side-members U-shaped in cross-section andeach having one side in common with 9 said central portion. 12. A clip for securing plaster-boards to studding, comprising a central portion n shaped, in cross-section and open at one end to receive a stud, means for preventing displacement of theolip on the stud, and plaspermittmg the .chp to'be pressed around 1 stud when held in angular relation -thereto,-a resilient Wall or housing portion ter-board-receiving side-members U-shaped 1n cross-sectlon and each having one slde 1n v Witnesses:

. r I G. SARGENT ELLIOTT, M. vFowtmzi. 

